With Bayley injured, WWE had to find a new number one contender to Alexa Bliss’s Raw women’s championship. They did this by booking two triple threat matches — won by Sasha Banks and Nia Jax, respectively — with the victor’s meeting on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. The winner of that match would book a date with Bliss at SummerSlam this Sun., Aug. 20, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
It started off looking like Nia was going to win going away:
.@NiaJaxWWE isn't playing! pic.twitter.com/IcOtam8IIG
— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) August 15, 2017
Sasha was persistent, though, and, used the Banks Statement — twice! — to submit Jax to earn yet another shot at one of her most heated rivals and the title she used to hold.
The updated match card:
- Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe vs. Braun Strowman vs. Brock Lesnar (c) in a Fatal 4Way for the WWE Universal championship; if Lesnar loses, he and Paul Heyman leave WWE)
- Shinsuka Nakamura vs. Jinder Mahal (c) for the WWE title
- Naomi (c) vs. Natalya for the SmackDown Women’s championship
- Alexa Bliss (c) vs. XXX for the Raw Women’s title
- AJ Styles (c) vs. Kevin Owens for the United States championship (Shane McMahon is the special guest referee)
- Sheamus & Cesaro (c) vs. Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins for the Raw tag team championship
- Akira Tozawa vs. Neville (c) for the Cruiserweight title
- The New Day (c) vs. The Usos for the SmackDown tag team championship
- Randy Orton vs. Rusev
- Finn Bálor vs. Bray Wyatt
- Big Show vs. Big Cass (Enzo Amore suspended above the ring in a shark cage)
- John Cena vs. Baron Corbin